Outside Xinxi City.
The army gathered.
A group of Han soldiers wearing armor and strong bodies stood on the ground, like swords with sharp edges!
There are so many troops there, looking down from the top of Xinxi City, they are so densely packed that it seems like there is no end in sight.
Huge armies lined up neatly in front of the city. The soldiers stood as tall as a forest, walking in unison and standing tall. They strictly abide by discipline, wear strong helmets, and neatly wear armor. Each piece of armor is finely polished and reflects the silver light in the sun.
The soldiers' faces were serious and resolute, and their eyes were firm, showing the temperament of a top military force.
"What a strong army!"
Liu Chan and Zhuge Liang stood on the general stage, looking at the generals in the audience, they couldn't help but feel heroic and ambitious in their hearts.
After solving the food and grass problem, Liu Chan immediately recruited 30,000 soldiers from Jingzhou, led by Guan Ping himself.
In this case, the strength of the Han army in Runan City has greatly exceeded that of the Wei army.
Zhuge Liang was also filled with emotion.
"This is all the inheritance that Your Highness established last year!"
When Liu Chan arrived in Jingzhou last year, there were only more than 30,000 people in Jingzhou. Jiangling almost stole all the land in several counties in Jingzhou to Jiangdong.
nowadays.
The nine counties of Jingxiang and Xiang are already in our hands. If we gather our troops, we can get one hundred thousand!
Now there are 60,000 Han soldiers in Runan County.
Speaking of which, it is said that there are 100,000 people, which is actually not an exaggeration at all.
Liu Chan was also quite proud.
"Military advisor, come with me to review the army!"
The chariot had stopped under the general stand. Zhuge Liang smiled and said, "It's not me they want to see, but His Highness."
Zhuge Liang shook his head and refused.
This kind of limelight thing should still be done by the leaders.
He can just wave the flag and cheer from behind.
Liu Chan didn't force Zhuge Liang and just got on the chariot.
The wheels of the chariot rumbled as they slowly passed in front of the generals.
Every time an army passes by, it can arouse the sound of the soldiers roaring like a tsunami.
"Greetings to Your Highness, long live Your Highness!"
Beside Liu Chan, the armor of the soldiers in this army was exquisitely carved, with patterns engraved on each piece of armor, such as dragons, tigers, phoenixes and other auspicious patterns, symbolizing victory and glory. The armor is composed of multiple layers of steel plates, each layer carefully cast. The surface of the armor shone with silver light, which was dazzling.
"When we talk about military righteousness and bravery in battle, each person in the army will be rewarded with a piece of cloth. For other rewards, if you are a centurion or above, you will be given a piece of silk! If you are a captain or above, you will be rewarded with a piece of silk. , reward and train a horse, grant a war horse, a pair of armor, and a hundred-refined sword. The prince's right guard leads, E Huan, the military envoy who preaches martial justice and joins the army, is given a hundred gold, a knighthood and a knighthood!"
As soon as Liu Chan said these words, the voice of the mountain shouting about martial justice became even louder.
Especially when E Huan was knighted, his cheeks turned red with excitement.
He was originally a barbarian general in Nanzhong, and it was His Highness who brought him out, so he could become famous all over the world!
"General, thank you, Your Highness!"
E Huan knelt on one knee, raised his hands, and took the reward tremblingly.
Tremble, that's exciting!
"The general and I encourage each other to travel throughout the nine states and revive the Han Dynasty!"
E Huan said sonorously and forcefully: "Travel across Jiuzhou and revive the Han Dynasty!"
Nodding, Liu Chan sat down on the chariot and continued forward.
In fact, Liu Chan's so-called reward of a title to E Huan was just like that.
The reason is that a certain emperor of the Western Han Dynasty was too ruthless in selling his titles!
After the fall of the Qin Dynasty, the newly established Han Dynasty almost completely inherited the Qin Dynasty's title system, except that it added royal titles to the "twenty-ranked titles".
The "Twenty Ranks" from lowest to highest are: 1st Duke, 2nd Shangzao, 3rd Hairpin, 4th Noble, 5th Dafu, 6th Official Dafu, 7th Gongdafu, 8th Gongcheng, 95th Dafu, 10th Zuo The concubine chief, the eleventh right concubine chief, the twelve left watch, the thirteenth middle watch, the fourteenth right watch, the fifteenth minor commander, the sixteenth grand commander, the seventeenth chariot commander, the eighteen major concubine commander, ten There are nine Neihou and twenty Chehou.
Each level enjoys corresponding treatment, among which the king has his own fief.
Chehou also had a fief in the early Han Dynasty, but after Emperor Jing of the Han Dynasty, he did not have a fief and only enjoyed the treatment of a city.
The Marquis in Guannei has no fiefdom and enjoys the treatment of a city. Other titles include imperial salary.
In the early Han Dynasty, a title represented a high honor, and becoming a marquis was a lifelong dream for civil servants and generals.
Although the famous "Flying General" Li Guang is famous in history, he has always failed to meet the standards for the title of marquis, so he has the regret that "Li Guang cannot be granted the title".
However, towards the end of Emperor Wu's reign in the Han Dynasty, the country's treasury was empty due to years of war.
In order to raise military expenses, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty began to sell the titles starting from Guannei Marquis and below. As a result, many wealthy families were granted titles, and the gold content of the titles was greatly reduced.
In order to motivate the soldiers fighting on the front line, the imperial court also set up "eleven-level martial arts knights": the first level is called Zaoshi, the second level is called Xianyuwei, the third level is called Liangshi, the fourth level is called Yuanrong Shi, and the fifth level is called official chief. The sixth level is called Bingduo, the seventh level is called Qianfu, the eighth level is called Yueqing, the ninth level is called Zhirong, the tenth level is called political ruthless general, and the eleventh level is called military guard.
But later, the court's money was still not enough, so the "Martial Arts Lords" were also sold, which resulted in the proliferation of titles below Guannei Marquis and no longer valued by people.
The so-called scholar seems to be the highest level of martial arts knight, but compared with marquis, it is still in the sky and the earth.
But for E Huan, it is still a title, so don’t give it up for free!
The battlefield rumbled, and they arrived in front of another military formation.
The soldiers in this military formation are armed with various weapons, including spears, broadswords, battle axes, long bows, etc., and every weapon shines with sharp light. The blade has been sharpened repeatedly and is extremely sharp, capable of cutting through iron armor with ease.
Seeing the arrival of Liu Chan's chariot, they raised their weapons high, forming a majestic forest of steel.
At the same time, Shan shouted:
"Greetings to Your Highness, long live Your Highness!"
"What a powerful army!"
Liu Chan laughed and said: "The prince is a member of the army. He fights bravely and is not afraid of death. Each person in the army will be rewarded with a piece of cloth. For the rest of the rewards, if you are a centurion or above, you will be given a piece of silk! If you are a captain or above, you will be rewarded with a piece of silk." Give a war horse and a pair of armor. If you are a school captain or above, you will be rewarded with a training horse. You will be given a war horse, a pair of armor, and a hundred-refined sword. The prince will lead the left guard, and the prince's personal army envoy will be given a hundred gold coins and a title. Make a warrior!"
Rewards are just like martial arts.
Zhang Bao also half-knelt on the ground, raised his hands, and accepted Liu Chan's reward.
"The road is long and the general and I will work hard together to cross the nine states and revive the Han Dynasty!"
Zhang Bao immediately shouted: "Across the nine states, revive the Han Dynasty!"
Behind him, the prince's soldiers also shouted loudly: "Across the nine states, revive the Han Dynasty!"
The sound was so loud that it seemed to pierce the sky.
Liu Chan sat down on the chariot and continued to walk forward. Every time he passed an army, he would stop and give rewards or encouragement. Every time he passed by, there would be a roar of mountains and tsunami.
These soldiers had already heard of Liu Chan's name.
There are various rumors, it is magical, and now that I can see it with my own eyes, it is like a fan chasing an idol. The scene can only be described as fanaticism.
In addition, there are rewards given, how can these soldiers in the army not die for Liu Chan?
After all, in this era, cloth is more valuable than five baht coins.
After Liu Chan made a circle and returned to the general station, Zhuge Liang, wearing a feather fan and a turban, stepped forward to welcome Liu Chan and sighed: "Your Highness is so generous with the reward, how dare the soldiers not die!"
Behind Zhuge Liang, Fei Yi, who was in charge of the rewards, had a bitter look on his face and said, "Your Highness, your reward is too heavy. To raise these rewards, you have to empty the treasury."
Liu Chan disagreed.
"Yellow and white things are all external things. A few rewards can win the support of the soldiers. During the battle, he is willing to sacrifice his life for me. What do these rewards mean?"
and
With the merchant alliance, these rewards will always be returned to Liu Chan's treasury from the hands of these soldiers in another way.
after all
Soldiers also need to eat, and soldiers also need to enjoy themselves.
Whether it's land, houses, slaves, or beauty.
You have to get money in exchange?
"Ah, yes, yes, yes~"
In response to this, what else could Fei Yi say besides rolling his eyes and nodding?
Cloth, silk, silk, plain, and practice.
Just talking about the pieces of cloth that His Highness has rewarded is an astronomical figure.
Cloth is linen, the lowest material for Han people's clothing. Silk is an ordinary silk fabric, and its price is slightly more expensive than cloth. Silk is a fine and colorful silk. It is expensive and cannot be worn by ordinary people. The pure white silk is more expensive than silk. It has become a precious variety of silk and is the most expensive among the cloths.
Linen=piece/250~600 yen
Silk=piece/700~1000 cash
Silk = piece/1200~1400 cash
Plain (white silk)=piece/1400~1600 qian
Lian (fine silk) = piece/2000~2800 cash
Just calculating these numbers made Fei Yi's scalp numb.
Seriously, what the leader said is that as a worker, he doesn’t know how many days and nights he has to work overtime.
Hey~
What else can be done?
Just follow this leader and work hard.
Fei Yi's complaint was naturally regarded as not heard by Liu Chan.
"Military advisor, let's start the martial arts competition!"
The whole army is summoned today, firstly to distribute rewards and boost military morale.
The second is for the martial arts competition to screen out those with strong martial arts skills and outstanding military achievements and fill them into the martial arts lecture hall.
Give these low-born soldiers a chance to rise.
The purpose, of course, is to make them fight to the death.
In the martial arts competition, there will first be an internal competition among all armies, then the outstanding ones from each army will compete together, and finally fifty people will be selected.
The ability of these fifty people to stand out among tens of thousands of people is absolutely unparalleled.
After training in the martial arts hall, let alone becoming a person of Jiang Wei's level, there is no problem in becoming a vanguard general and leading thousands of people.
"promise!"
After Zhuge Liang received the order, he immediately ordered the armies to start competing.
As for the content of the competition, it is similar to the selection at the Martial Arts Hall, but due to time constraints, some parts are slightly changed from before.
A five-day martial arts competition.
One is to unite the morale of the military, and the other is to integrate the newly arrived Jingzhou soldiers into the system.
After that, they began to attack Runan.
Now that the food has arrived, there is no reason not to fight in Runan.
"Your Highness, various noble clans in Runan have sent several noble women. Your Highness, do you want to go and see them?"
Then Liu Chan mobilized troops into Runan, and the food and grass problem was solved.
More and more Runan nobles have completely turned to Liu Chan.
After they fell in love with Liu Chan, they naturally hoped that when they took control of Runan in the future, their family would get a bigger share of the pie.
It's not safe to just send a member of the clan to pass.
They themselves know it too.
The talents of their family are far inferior to those of Jingzhou.
Not to mention those Yuan Cong team members.
Since we can’t compete in terms of talent, it’s better to start with women!
Therefore, the level of this batch of noble women sent can be described as quite high.
"It's just a little color, just don't look at it."
With his small body, Guan Yinping, Princess Zhu Rong, Zhen Mi, Sun Luyu and other fairies were asking for him day and night, and it was a bit unbearable.
If there are a few more, even if Hua Tuo is by his side to adjust his body, he will not be able to withstand it!
"Even if you don't accept it, you still have to go see it. This is His Highness's attitude."
Fei Yi grimaced, but suggested Liu Chan to meet those noble women.
Runan hasn’t gotten it yet!
The Han army still needs the help of the nobles. Even if they do not accept these noble women and just keep them in the backyard as maids and female officers, it is an attitude to the Runan nobles:
I accept these women.
Would you like to give those Runan nobles a thought?
Although His Highness has not directly accepted his daughter, he is exposed to daily contact and my daughter's appearance is stunning, how can he be able to control it?
Once you can't control it.
hey-hey!
Wouldn't it be beneficial to the family if you blow the pillow breeze?
If you are lucky, you will give birth to an heir.
That would be even more remarkable.
"That's alright, just go and see him."
If you want a horse to run, you have to let it eat grass.
Nowadays, the help from the Runan noble clan is quite important to Liu Chan.
Zhuge Liang presided over the martial arts competition outside the city. After showing his face, giving out rewards, and staying here for a while, Liu Chan returned to the city and entered the backyard of the government office.
As soon as I walked into the backyard, I found that it was quite lively.
The more people there are, the more lively it will be.
Three women and one drama.
Now there are more than three women in this backyard!
"Lang Jun, are you here?"
Seeing Liu Chan's arrival, Guan Yinping hurriedly stepped forward and said, "These women are pretty and it would be a waste to let them do the work. I see that they are quite knowledgeable in music, chess, calligraphy and painting, and they can all be kept by His Highness's side. Sister Zhu Rong and I both arranged."
"Sister Zhen, for example, needs a few considerate and considerate maids. We have just arranged this time. There is also Xiaohu. She came from Jiangdong and was already lonely. For example, Mrs. Sun is still in Longshan. It just so happens that she can also be given to her. With some maids."
Good guy.
The old men in the backyard worked together to make arrangements for the new women in the backyard.
The sense of crisis is quite strong.
Liu Chan nodded and said, "Feng'er, you can make arrangements, but one thing is, don't let them suffer."
He, Liu Chan, is not a humanoid pile driver. If these Runan gentry girls are not included in the house, they can still be arranged for good families in the future.
Don't abuse people.
"Feng'er naturally understands."
Next, Liu Chan called the noble women over and had a quick meeting.
In terms of appearance, there are indeed many beautiful people among them, but Liu Chan's magazine has been emptied out long ago, and it is already time for a sage, so naturally he has no such thoughts.
After soothing him, Liu Chan stopped talking.
His current thoughts are no longer on these beauties.
Runan!
Runan!
After the martial arts competition, it’s time to take down Runan!
(End of chapter)
